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| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the central business district. The street is lined with businesses and street lamps. A man and a dog are in front of the bank on... |
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| Description: | Colorized photographic postcard of an elevated view of central Baraboo from across the railroad tracks. Caption reads: "High Bridge, Baraboo, Wis." |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a small guest cottage with screened porch. A sign on the side of the cottage reads: "Minnows for Sale," and a man is standing under the la... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Carl Bohnsack (left) and August Marquardt sitting on a bench outside a jewelry store. They are wearing hats and suits. Pocket watches are on display in the... |
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| Description: | View down dirt road of the tourist camp with cottages. There is a building for men's and women's showers in the foreground, and a building marked "Toilet" ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a cap and apron holds a (likely taxidermied) Tom turkey while a second man offers the turkey a drink from a bottle. Wooden boxes labelled "Ol... |
| Date: | 05 27 1918 |
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| Description: | A group of more than 70 draftees poses on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse on the day they left Baraboo for Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois. Most... |
| Date: | 07 10 1965 |
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| Description: | Fred C. Gollmar, 93, doffing his hat while riding in the annual circus celebration parade in Baraboo. He is a founder of the Gollmar Brothers Circus along ... |
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| Description: | A vintage view and a modern view of the entrance to Devil's Lake State Park, presented as a pair. The vintage view features an information center and there... |
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| Description: | A vintage view and a modern view of a church, presented as a pair. |
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| Description: | A steam-powered tractor sitting outdoors on the grounds of House on the Rock. |
| Date: | 06 2014 |
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| Description: | View through chain-link fence towards the railroad trestle that spans the Wisconsin River, worn with age, and split apart in the middle. There is a padlock... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | View from rear of a crowd of people watching circus wagons passing by on a dirt road at Circus World Museum. Two horses are pulling a blue wagon with red a... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A man and woman are standing near a child riding a llama, with a young girl on the right standing and holding the llama's lead. In the background, people a... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of steam trains and railroad cars on the North Freedom Railroad at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum. Cars are in the parking lot on the right... |
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| Description: | A car ferry moving out across the Wisconsin River. Three boys are swimming in the river in the foreground. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a small bank. A horse-and-carriage is hitched outside the bank, and a house is behind it. |
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| Description: | A car is driving up an inclined road to a parking lot. A red metal sculptural sign in the foreground reads: "The Spring Green." |
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| Description: | Close-up view of the entrance sign at The Spring Green. The sign is a metal sculpture which incorporates lights and geometric shapes. |
| Date: | 11 1922 |
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| Description: | Hand-tinted exterior view of the covered entryway to St. Mary's Ringling Hospital. A sign hanging on the building reads: "Do Not Park Here", and an America... |
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